Improvement in locks for satchels and carpet-bag s



tuited fvtate WILLIAM REMER, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

Letters Patent No. 98,299, dated December 28, 1869.

IMPRO'VEMENT IN' LOCKS FOR SATCHELS AND CARPET-BAGS.

The.Echedu1e referred to in these Letters Patent and making part 0f the Same.

ATo all whom t't-may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM ROEMER, of Newark, in the State of N ew Jersey', have invented certain Improvements in Locks for Satchels, Carpet-Bags, and similar articles, of which the following,r is a specification.

My invention relates to thearrangementof the lock on the outside, at one side of the frame, and the peculiar construction ot the staple, in such a manner that the said staple will hold the two parts of the frame, and, consequently the satchelV or carpet-bag, rmly together, and closed, without tnrowing any strain upon themechanism of the lock.

' Figure .I represents a side view of part of the frame, with the lock attached, having the outside plate of the lock removed.

Figure II is a cross-section of, the same.

A represents part lof the outer frame, and

A', part of the inner frame, to which the material forming the satchel or carpet-bag, Ste., is attached.

These frames are hinged together at their lower ends, and otherwise constructed in the usual manner.

Against the outside' of the inner frame A', the lock B is attached., l

This lock B is provided witha projecting piece'or plate, 0, coming (when the satcl'iel or' bag is closed) incontact with the outer edge of the upper or outer frame A, to prevent said inner frame A' being .pressed toofar inward. -To the top of the outer'fi'a'uie A, the staple D is attached, by means of the plateznn, fastened to said frame A, and on which this staple 'D is hinged.'

This staple D is bent, .forming a right angle, one leg of which, t, is hinged to fthe'plate a, and runs across the top of the outer frame A, and the other leg,-w, extends downward, entering the lock B, and firmly embraces the plate or projection, C, on the lock B, so as to keep the two parts of the framing tight together' against any internal pressure, result-ing from the filling too full of the satchel or bag. Y

Qn one side of the leg, fw, of this staple D, a recess, sr, is made, into which a projection, a, fast to the lock-bolt s, operated by means `of a key, or in any suitable manner, is made to tit, for the purpose\of holding the staple D in its place, and locked. v,

Locks are at .present attached either upon the top of the frame, or on the inside of the same. When placed on the top, they are'very liable of being bent or broken off when the Satchel or bag falls or is thrown on the ground,.while, with my improvement of fastening the lock againstth'e outside, on the side of' the frame, the same is perfectly protected, and can be made of anydesired size to offer the necessary security.

When. the lock is placed at the inside of the frames, the same can be made only very small, on account of the limited space between the' vframes.

The placing of the lock eitherupon the top, or on the inside of the frame, necessitates the attachment of 'hooks or staples to the 'insideof the inner frame,-

which are' acted upon by the lock-bolt, and whereby the whole strain, to keep thev satchel or bag closed, is

thrown upon this lock-bolt, or upon themechanism oi' the lock, causing thereby, frequently, disarrangements of the lock.

The necessary attacl-iment of hooks or staples to the inside oi' the frames, by the present arrangement of the lock, causes, likewise, very often, considerable damage to the articles placed in the Satchel or bag, while being putin or removed therefrom, all ot' which disadvantages are removed by my improvement.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by vLetters Patent, is-

l. Attaching thelock B, on the outside, againstthe v side of the frame, for satchels and carpet-bags, in combination witlra staple, D, attached lto the top of the frame, operating together in the manner and for the purpose described;

2. 'Ihe projectingpiece or plate G, in combination with the lock B and inner fra-me A', substantially as and for the purpose set ihr'th.

' WILLIAM ROEMER.

Witnesses:

. HENRY E. ltoEnRR,

FREDERICK I. K Is'o. 

